Opinion: Policy

Schools can tackle poverty – but not alone and not this way

Schools can be pivotal in ending child poverty, but they need to be treated as integral to the process...

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John Camp
Opinion: Policy

Cultural education: How the manifestos stack up

How do the main parties' promises measure up to the scale of the challenge for cultural education?

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Jenny Waldman
Opinion: Policy

Move slow and build: Labour’s manifesto offers hope

Some will criticise its lack of radicalism, says Liz Robinson, but its policies are grounded in respect for the...

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Liz Robinson
Opinion: Policy

The Conservatives’ manifesto is a blueprint for a collapsing house

These are policies for the managed decline of education rather than a charter for the renewal it so desperately...

JL Dutaut
Dan Morrow
Opinion: Policy

Building on historic successes: How do the manifestos stack up?

The main parties’ manifestos are pleasingly focused on building rather than tearing down, but they are storing tough decisions...

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Iain Mansfield
Opinion: Policy

A good start: Labour’s school nursery policy needs more detail

Our experience shows Labour's policy join up nurseries and schools has a lot of potential - but some very...

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Katie Oliver
Opinion: Policy

The next government will inherit a mixed legacy and pressing challenges

A mix of stubborn problems and emerging new ones should make parties' plans for the most diasdvantaged pupils a...

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Imran Tahir
Opinion: Policy

Fixing 14 years of damage must be an election priority

This election is a watershed moment for education. An incoming Government must recognise the scale of the problems, says...

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Daniel Kebede
Opinion: Policy

The vaping issue the government’s bill isn’t dealing with

A new trend is emerging that threatens schools’ ability to impose their policies on vaping – based on questionable...

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Chris Passey